Smith Islanders

Interesting Accents of The Smith Islanders

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[DrImportant]

Did you ask the people if you could put this video on youtube and by the way the person with the hat, buying sodas is Milty. he fell down the stepps when he was young ( i think thats the cause) and has slight mental isues. don't you think thats a tad stalkerish?

[airtrent]

DrIm-

I love Smith island but if anyone is offended by this video I will take it off youtube. I put it here more to show people the interesting accent on the island. I have live in Salisbury most of my life and have great respect for the Watermen. Thanks for your comment and let me know your thoughts on the matter,

[FredAtThePark]

The man standing up with the red hat on is my boyfriends uncle

[airtrent]

That is classic!

[jhand350]

Haha, my grandmother talks like that, is this in Tylerton?

[airtrent]

This is at the small store in Ewell, although i have been to Tylerton as well

[fknwonderful]

Lol it's sooo hard to understand them. This is really interesting - I didn't know there was somewhere in the US that had such thick accents!

[gert83]

Very interesting - this sounds a bit like Tangier Island accent. These people descend mainly from South Western English people and you can hear the similarity.

[dcmarshall2015]

I SEE MILTYYYY

[999manman]

@mariostud D'oh!!!!

[mariostud]

@fknwonderful You're surprised a nation as expansive and diverse as the US has different accents? Wow! People really are puppets of Oprah.

[mariostud]

@999manman Smith Island is in Maryland, but thanks for playing. Better luck next time.

[stormy8470]

Hearing em talkin makes me miss everyone more ..... I feel so homesick now ...

[gertie2u2]

@k0vert Funny, I always I guess assumed Elizabethan English sounded more highbrow, sort of like listening to a classy Brit these days. It makes sense, though, when you think on it a bit.

[999manman]

This is awesome.....Virginia has SO many accents....Southside accent, Central Virginia accent, SW Va. accent, Tangiers and Smith Islands...wild!!

[dinsley63]

I'm sure you didn't mean nothing by this video but it is probably hard to hear because the young man is talking about his house that burnt down. I remember it well because I was there as a part of the Ewell Vol. Fire Co. and it's was a very sad time.

[k0vert]

@fknwonderful yes. i've been to tangier island before on a sailing trip, (i'm from Virginia Beach) and it felt like being in a foreign country sometimes. But if the current theories are correct, these dialects are among the closest living analogues to Elizabethan English. I find that extremely interesting and I wish to keep these brogues alive.

[Wolf3Black]

@lampsofachair oh yea iknow some harrisons